A short introduction to the e-Tech Learning course library and how the modules are put together. Video courtesy of e-Tech Learning.

Catalyst Combustion is a sales partner of e-Tech Learning, supplying their module packages to municipal waste-to-energy plants, waste incineration facilities, and funeral homes. Every module is accredited and counts toward professional development and continuing education requirements – both for government compliance and for individual professional certification.

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Modules are completed in sequence. Each learning path builds on the one before it, so operators finish with a working picture of the whole plant rather than a set of disconnected topics.

How the training is delivered

Two things separate these modules from the compliance training most crews are used to sitting through.

Heavy on imagery and animation

The modules lean on illustration and animation rather than walls of text. Combustion, waste heat recovery, and the water-steam cycle are all processes nobody can see from outside the plant, and watching them animated does more in two minutes than a page of description manages in ten.

It also makes the material far less of a slog, which counts for something when an operator has ten modules to work through.

Fully online, any device, any hour

There is no classroom to book and no travel to arrange. Staff log in from a phone, tablet, or plant terminal whenever their shift allows and pick up where they left off.

That makes it workable for rotating shift teams and for operators on permanent nights – usually the hardest people in the building to get into a training room.

Course Animation: Courtesy of E-Tech Learning

Three packages, one module library

Every package is drawn from the same accredited catalog. What changes is scope – a crematory operator does not need the water-steam cycle, and a plant without energy recovery does not need the energy and mass balance module.

Municipal waste-to-energy

For municipal WtE plants recovering energy from the waste stream.

$1,300USD per seat

10 modules – all three learning paths

The complete curriculum. Covers combustion fundamentals and flue gas treatment, then moves through feedstock variability and EfW plant technology, and finishes with the performance side of the plant: energy and mass balance, the water-steam cycle, and the operational faults crews actually encounter.

Suits control room operators, shift supervisors, and maintenance staff who need the full plant picture for compliance records. Request volume pricing

Waste incineration

For incineration facilities operating without energy reclamation.

$950USD per seat

7 modules – learning paths 1 and 2, plus FT10

The same foundation, minus the energy recovery content. Drops the EfW technology overview, the energy and mass balance module, and the water-steam cycle, while keeping combustion, waste heat recovery, flue gas treatment, feedstocks, and typical operational issues.

Suits operators and compliance officers at incineration plants where the output is disposal rather than power or steam. Request volume pricing

Funeral homes

For crematory operators, funeral directors, and facility staff.

From$300USD per seat

3 core modules – plus one optional

A focused package built around the thermal principles behind cremation equipment: thermodynamics first, then both parts of combustion fundamentals. Flue gas treatment can be added where emissions permitting or local abatement requirements make it relevant.

Suits staff maintaining certification or meeting state continuing education requirements for crematory operation. Request volume pricing

All prices are per seat. Get in touch for volume pricing, or if you need a package assembled to a scope that none of the three above covers – 971-269-7523 or sales@catalystcombustion.com.

What is in each package

Modules are grouped by learning path and completed in the order shown. Contact us if you need a package built to a different scope.

Module inclusion by package
Module Municipal
waste-to-energy		 Waste
incineration		 Funeral
homes
Combustion and flue gas fundamentals  ·  learning path 1
FT01Fundamentals of Combustion – Part 1Fuel, air, and heat release basics.
FT02Fundamentals of Combustion – Part 2Flame behavior, control, and burnout.
FT03Fundamentals of Waste Heat RecoveryRecovering usable heat from process gas.
FT04Fundamentals of Flue Gas TreatmentEmissions control and abatement stages. Optional
Thermodynamics, feedstock, and plant technology  ·  learning path 2
TD01Introduction to ThermodynamicsEnergy, work, and heat transfer principles.
FT05Understanding FeedstocksWaste stream composition and calorific variability.
FT07Overview of EfW TechnologyPlant types, layouts, and process routes.
Plant performance and operation  ·  learning path 3
FT08Overview of Energy and Mass Balance for EfWTracking energy and material through the plant.
FT09Overview of Water-Steam CycleBoiler, turbine, condenser, and feedwater loop.
FT10Typical Operational IssuesCommon faults, fouling, and corrosion.

Training that counts on the record

These packages are produced by e-Tech Learning, and Catalyst Combustion supplies them as an e-Tech Learning sales partner. The modules are accredited, which means completion counts toward professional development and ongoing educational requirements – the kind your facility has to evidence for government compliance, and the kind your staff have to log to hold their professional certifications.

One program covers both obligations, so operators are not sitting through a separate course to satisfy each one.

  • Accredited contentModules are accredited through our partner e-Tech Learning and issue completion records you can file.
  • Government complianceSatisfies ongoing educational requirements that facilities are required to demonstrate.
  • Professional certificationCounts toward the continuing education hours individual certifications require.
  • Structured sequenceModules and learning paths are completed in a set order so knowledge builds properly.

Talk to us about your facility

Tell us what you operate and how many people need training, and we will confirm which package fits and what it costs.

Useful things to include

Facility type, number of staff to be trained, any certification or permit deadline you are working toward, and whether you need a scope outside the three standard packages.